Karen and Paige Caswell were “over the moon” when they found out they’d won two free tickets to the show, described as an Australian outback extravaganza.

Paige is a keen horse rider who’s breaking in her own two-moth-old colt Boom at the moment, and her mother said she’s “right into it”.

“We bought the paper everyday to enter and it paid off,” Karen said.

Jenna Goatcher is also an avid horse rider and the tickets were a welcome birthday present.

Jenna turned 17 yesterday and after discovering that both she and her mum Leanne had won a pair of tickets, didn’t feel so bad admitting that it would be her boyfriend she’d take with her to the show.

For Gary and Sylvia Johnston, the excitement of wining couldn’t be contained.

“When they rang and told me we’d won the tickets, I went yes, yes, yes!” Sylvia relayed.

“We were getting everybody’s paper [to enter] and I said to Gary we have to see this because it’s something that’s the pride of Australia.

“And to have the pleasure of it coming to Dubbo - it really is a great city and we should get more of these things coming.

“It’s my daughter who’s the horsey one. She got us to enter so I’ll buy her a ticket so she can come along now.”

You can catch the the Horseman from Snowy River performance at Dubbo Showground between Friday, March 19 and Sunday, 28 March.

For more information call Ticketmaster on 136 100 or visit http://www.thehorsemanfromsnowyriver.com.au